I tried to install ELDK version 2.x on a SuSE 8.2 / SuSE 9 / RedHat-9 Linux host
but failed - it terminated without installing any packages. Why?

Answer:

Newer Linux distributions use libraries that are incompatible
to those used by the ELDK's installation tools.
This problem was fixed in later releases of the ELDK (version 3.0 and later).
It is therefore recommended to use a more recent version of the ELDK.
If you really want to install an old version,
the following back-port is available: